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Solar permits in the City of Carlsbad, CA

Data through December 2023 · updated 19 Oct 2026

3,299 solar permits were issued in the City of Carlsbad, April 2022 through December 2023: about 1,885 a year and 39% of all permits. The busiest month is March. The usual one took 130 days from issue to the city's final. 92009 has the most, 1,377.

3,299permits issued
1,932last 12 months on file
Marbusiest month
130days, usual issue to final
84%finished
Dec 2023records through

Solar permits by month

Permits issued each month, April 2022 through December 2023.

Apr 2022: 168Apr2022May 2022: 155Jun 2022: 154Jul 2022: 163JulAug 2022: 141Sep 2022: 150Oct 2022: 170Nov 2022: 145Dec 2022: 121Jan 2023: 118Jan2023Feb 2023: 134Mar 2023: 283Apr 2023: 380May 2023: 260Jun 2023: 164Jul 2023: 164JulAug 2023: 116Sep 2023: 88Oct 2023: 78Nov 2023: 91Dec 2023: 56
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MonthPermits
Apr 2022168
May 2022155
Jun 2022154
Jul 2022163
Aug 2022141
Sep 2022150
Oct 2022170
Nov 2022145
Dec 2022121
Jan 2023118
Feb 2023134
Mar 2023283
Apr 2023380
May 2023260
Jun 2023164
Jul 2023164
Aug 2023116
Sep 202388
Oct 202378
Nov 202391
Dec 202356

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When solar permits are filed

By calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line). March is the busiest (180), December the quietest (56). A busy month at the permit counter usually means a longer wait for a contractor.

January: 75 (100 = an average month)February: 85 (100 = an average month)March: 180 (100 = an average month)180April: 174 (100 = an average month)May: 132 (100 = an average month)June: 101 (100 = an average month)July: 104 (100 = an average month)August: 82 (100 = an average month)September: 76 (100 = an average month)October: 79 (100 = an average month)November: 75 (100 = an average month)December: 56 (100 = an average month)JFMAMJJASOND
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MonthIndex
January75
February85
March180
April174
May132
June101
July104
August82
September76
October79
November75
December56

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How long a solar permit takes

Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022, at least 12 months before the file ends. Usual days is the middle permit among the 1,149 with a final date.

MeasureValue
Permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 20221,367
Finished84.1%
Expired0.0%
Usual days, issue to final130
Middle half, days78–238

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ZIP codes with the most solar permits

Counted at the property's ZIP code. Share is the part of the city's 3,299 solar permits.

ZIP codePermitsShare
920091,37742%
9200877724%
9201162719%
9201051716%

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The city's own permit types

How the city filed these permits. We group its types into kinds of work; this is the split.

Permit typePermitsShare
BLDG-Residential3,26699%
BLDG-Commercial331%

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Guides for this kind of work

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Other kinds of work here

HVAC (1,434)Plumbing (981)Roofing (651)Electrical (560)Remodels & repairs (433)Pools & spas (214)

How Carlsbad compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

Nearby permit data

Solar permits for other places in San Diego. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

San Diego, CASan Diego County, CA

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Carlsbad GIS BuildingPermits (BLDS format, ArcGIS FeatureServer), read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued April 2022 through December 2023; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building permits the City of Carlsbad issued inside the city limits, residential and commercial, for applications filed in 2022 and 2023. Carlsbad issues one building permit per job, so re-roofs, solar, water heaters and HVAC change-outs are building permits here. Neighbouring Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Encinitas and unincorporated San Diego County are not in this file.

  • The city's open permit layer holds only permits applied for in 2022 and 2023 and was last updated in January 2024, so these pages end with December 2023. Newer Carlsbad permits are only in the city's own permit lookup.
  • Because the layer starts with 2022 applications, permits applied for in 2021 and issued later are missing; the window starts in April 2022, when the monthly counts settle. Long-review jobs such as new homes are undercounted in the first months.
  • The file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Carlsbad.
  • The file has no declared job value, so we show no costs.
  • The file has no work-type field. The kind of work is read from the permit description (re-roof, solar PV, water heater, furnace and so on); commercial permits are counted as other unless they are roofing, solar or pools.
  • A final date is the city's completed date on a permit closed as finaled. Status is as of January 2024, so permits issued late in 2023 had had little time to finish.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Contractor Records, "Solar permits in the City of Carlsbad, CA", https://contractorrecords.com/carlsbad/solar-permits, data through December 2023, from City of Carlsbad Building Division building-permit records.

Link to a table: By month · Season · Days to final · By ZIP code · Permit types.

Download the tables (CSV): Solar permits by month · Solar permits by calendar month (index) · Solar permits: days to final · Solar permits by ZIP code · Solar permits by permit type.

Common questions

  • How many solar permits does Carlsbad issue a year?About 1,885 a year in the City of Carlsbad: 3,299 permits issued April 2022 through December 2023, 1,932 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2023).
  • How long does a solar permit take in Carlsbad?The usual one took 130 days from issue to the city's final inspection, and the middle half took 78 to 238 days (1,149 permits issued Apr 2022–Dec 2022 that reached a final). The wait to get the permit issued is not in this file.
  • When do people in Carlsbad file the most solar permits?March (180 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (56). If you can choose, a quiet month at the permit counter can mean contractors have more room in their schedules.
  • Which ZIP code has the most solar permits in Carlsbad?92009, with 1,377 of the 3,299 (42%); then 92008 (777).
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